Rampton, Ben;
Borba, Rodrigo;
Charalambous, Constadina;
Cooke, Mel;
Bock, Zannie;
Perez-Milans, Miguel;
(2023)
Working papers for a more open academy.
(Working Papers in Urban Language & Literacies
318).
Working Papers in Urban Language & Literacies: London, UK.
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Abstract
What contribution can working papers (WPs) make to a more open academy, and where do they stand in current debates about Open Science? They used to provide speedier publication and feedback as well as cost-free/low-cost access, but with the availability of digital repositories like PURE or ResearchGate, do WPs still have a role? To answer these questions, this paper refers to Working Papers in Urban Language & Literacies (WPULL; www.wpull.org). It argues that WPs can play a significant role community-building around shared interests, and within an overarching commitment to deliberative, dialogical reasoning, WPs can be more flexible in genre and audience than a journal, and more responsive to circumambient situations and events – key qualities if applied linguistics focuses on ‘real-world problems’ that require the attention of a variety of stakeholders. Building on a principled understanding of knowledge-making as a situated cultural practice, WPs can be open and reflexive about their geo-historical grounding, provide a view of academic work ‘in the round’ rather than just in its highly styled end-products, and make a low-tech contribution to intellectual decolonisation. Where a standardising universalist model of Open Access might see working papers as sloppy and elitist vehicles for self-promotion, the case of WPULL argues for the substantial contribution that WPs can make to a vigorous and more open economy of knowledge.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Working papers for a more open academy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://wpull.org/product/wp318-working-papers-for... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | academic publishing, applied linguistics, decolonisation, higher education, Open access |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176062 |
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